NSBE - Fall 2012 - (Page 41)

SEEK 2012 An Experience Worth the Ride SEEK students and mentors gathered for competition in San Diego A Photos by Jason Miccolo Johnson and J R thoMason By Kevin M. Briscoe s the summer comes to an end and the class bell rings out across local school districts, thousands of youngsters — and their parents — are looking back fondly at their time in the Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK) program. Launched by NSBE in 2007 with a $1-million donation from the Battelle Foundation and a curriculum provided by SAE International (the Society of Automotive Engineers), SEEK is designed to get pre-college students more interested science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and promote engineering as a career option. This year, more than 2,000 students in grades 3 through 8 took part in a host of SEEK activities held in Washington, D.C., Houston, San Diego, Oakland, Detroit and New Orleans. “We are extremely excited about what SEEK offers to our young children,” says Franklin O. Moore, SEEK director, “and perhaps even more excited that this comes at no cost to parents.” One such parent, Nadia M. Green, a marketing manager for Whirlpool, drove an hour along Interstate 10 from Donaldsonville, La., to get her son, Christian, to the SEEK camp in New Orleans. For her, the benefits to her 11-year-old were immediately apparent. “It was an experience that Christian and I will always remember,” says Green. “For a mother seeing her son’s beautiful mind blossom in the areas of presentation skills, team building, engineering and math in a short, three-week program really indicated to me how dynamic my son can (be) when challenged. He would provide me with a summary on how to build a can crusher, cruiser and glider. Continued on page 42 Working with Gravity Cruisers, during the artistic design competition (above) and during a performance competition in New Orleans (at left) www.nsbe.org nsbe magazine • fall 2012 • 41 http://www.nsbe.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NSBE - Fall 2012

NSBE - Fall 2012
Contents
Lead by Example
Come Correct!
Kola Fagbayi of Shell
The Programs Zone
Veronica Davis Honored as White House ‘Champion’
A Catalyst for Change
NSBE and ExxonMobil Reward Retention ‘Impact’
Dr. Baratunde Cola Earns Presidential Research Award
Regional News
In the Lead
At the Vanguard
Staying Connected in Today’s Business World
Back to Indiana
NSBE Calendar
Seek 2012: An Experience Worth the Ride
The PDC Is Coming Soon, to Dallas!
The Professional’s Perspective
The Space SIG Lifts Off
CE Cover: Status:FALSE
Alumni Officers
Biggest and Best
What’s in a Name?
AE National and Regional Websites
Advertisers Index

NSBE - Fall 2012